Language requirements

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Before I went into 1st year medicine in Romania I was required to take a year of Romanian language plus Anatomy, Organic Chemistry, and Physics in Romanian. To this day I have no regrets of taking the prerequisites to my studies.

 

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Jose,

 

 

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> Before I went into 1st year medicine in Romania I was required to

take a year of Romanian language plus Anatomy, Organic Chemistry,

and Physics in Romanian. To this day I have no regrets of taking the

prerequisites to my studies.

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Thanks for this tidbit. I have a question.

Can you recall what your attitude, thoughts,

and feelings were when you embarked on the

study, particularly with respect to the

language requirement?

 

Don't get me wrong, I in no way advocate

that students should be polled for their

likes and dislikes as a matter of curriculum

design. I believe that students do not know

what they need to know, which is why they

are students...i.e., to find out what they

need to learn. So I do not ask this to

encouarge the attitude that elements belong

in or out of a curriculum based upon how

popular they are with " the students " .

 

But I just wonder if you were always so

enthusiastic about the prereqs.

 

Thanks, in advance for your answers.

 

Ken